Is not being married going to be an issue?

This is a big source of conversation on the expat women in Saudi fb group, might want to join.

From what I’ve read, a tourist visa only allows you 90 days in one calendar year, you can come and go in that year but you can’t stay longer than 90 days total. A family visit visa, I believe is the 90 days, leave renew etc but it is only available to close relatives and spouses. So, yes, you’d have to be married. I also believe that family visit, on camp, is subject to approval and a lot of paperwork.

Other issues would be $, the company pays what it pays. Yes, people do negotiate but your amount of dependents isn’t going to be something they care about. Bachelors don’t get more because they aren’t using the schooling etc, they only get more travel days. And housing, there is no guarantee you’ll get a home, initially, that’s big enough for a family. Medical, no idea how much insurance for them would be but it’s a factor.

And I know you didn’t ask this, but that’s going to be very isolating for them, particularly your child. Might be very difficult to join groups without dependent status and like any expat community, stay at home dads are few and far between.

You should discuss further with recruiter and the department as post pandemic there can be flexibility.

You need to be married or it’s only single status for you.

They can come as tourists but you’ll be limited to 90 days per year.

You can rent off camp, but it will cost $$ for somewhere acceptable, aramco won’t pay.

You can hire a nanny, there are agencies here that can assist. Just don’t tell aramco as it’s against policy for expats (without approval from SVP which is nigh on impossible)